Electrical vs Bio vs Chemical?

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<p>How do these three fields compare? Through my friends,family,etc.. I have come to know that electrical is the most prestigious of the engineering fields, bio-engineering being the new field on the rise, and I know very little about Chemical. </p>

<p>So... I was wondering if someone could help me out. Im sure that I want to go into Engineering when its all said and done. Whats the best field? The most prestigious? The hardest to get into? Best job available? Best colleges? I know the answers to most of these questions, but very vaguely. </p>

<p>Please help!</p>

<p>p.s. Something on software engineering too, everyone seems to see it lightly.</p>

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<p>Your friends, family, etc… are wrong.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand how one engineering field can be more prestigious than another engineering field. Even if there is a way, that’s not a very good method for picking a field.</p>

<p>The best field is the field you will enjoy working in the most. </p>

<p>There might be prestigious companies within your field, but I can’t see how one field is more prestigious than another.</p>

<p>The hardest field to get into is the field you didn’t study in school.</p>

<p>The best job available… too many variables. Depends on the person’s personal critieria. Is it money? location? interesting projects? good hours? </p>

<p>Best college? Depends on what factors you value more.</p>

<p>Who sees software engineering lightly?</p>

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<p>It all depends. You can equate prestige with money, difficulty, career, etc. For money, ChE/ME/EE usually make the most money, difficulty is an on-going debate that depends on personal preference and school, and career prestige varies within major (e.g. an AE that works for NASA and an AE that works for a model airplane company will have different levels of career prestige). </p>

<p>But I agree: it’s a bad way to choose a major.</p>

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<p>I told you guys, I know very little about this. I am High school junior looking to get into the best field. As far as enjoying, I actually like Physics, Bio and Chem in that order, I like all of them, so I really don’t know. </p>

<p>So, you guys believe they are valued the same in a job field? All will get a good amount of money and all will have a good stability?</p>

<p>Also for software, IDK, that’s what people in other engineering fields say. I just want some info on each of these, its not like I will make a choice soon.</p>

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<p>There is no “best field”. If there was one, everyone would major in it.</p>

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Most engineering fields involve a lot of physics, but not as much chemistry (including chemical engineering) or biology. Take a look at [Sloan</a> Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Healthcare](<a href=“http://www.careercornerstone.org/engineering/engineering.htm]Sloan”>Career Cornerstone Center: Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine) for a good overview of each of the engineering disciplines.</p>

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In general, yes. The differences aren’t enough to offset you liking or not liking what you do for a career.</p>

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<p>Prestige to a layperson is mostly about what they can relate to. For example, if you were responsible for constructing a famous bridge or building or designing the circuitry for the newest PlayStation video box or rocket fuel for some space plane, your family would be impressed. Say you developed some arcane or uninteresting thing and they’d be bored and unimpressed unless your peers gave you some kind of award.</p>

<p>Do it because you enjoy it, not because you want fame or prestige.</p>